Proportion of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and its associated factors among refugee children in Malaysia
| Variables | Children | Univariate | Multivariate | ||||
| Reviewed (n=424) | LTBI (n=55) | p-value | OR (95% CI) | p-value | aOR (95% CI) | p-value | |
| Age range years | |||||||
| ≤5 | 13 (3.1%) | 2 (15.4%) | <0.001 | 1 (referent) | 1 (referent) | ||
| 6–12 | 265 (62.5%) | 19 (7.2%) | |||||
| 13–18 | 146 (34.4%) | 34 (23.3%) | 3.11 (1.77–5.46) | <0.001 | 3.01 (1.71–5.29) | <0.001 | |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 227 (53.5%) | 31 (13.7%) | 0.65 | 1.14 (0.64–2.02) | 0.65 | 1.12 (0.62–2.02) | 0.71 |
| Female | 197 (46.5%) | 24 (12.2%) | 1 (referent) | 1 (referent) | |||
| BCG status | |||||||
| Vaccinated | 280 (66.0%) | 31 (11.1%) | 0.10 | 0.62 (0.35–1.11) | 0.11 | 0.67 (0.37–1.21) | 0.18 |
| Not vaccinated | 144 (34.0%) | 24 (16.7%) | 1 (referent) | 1 (referent) | |||
| TB burden region | |||||||
| High | 367 (86.6%) | 52 (14.2%) | 0.06 | 2.97 (0.90–9.86) | 0.08 | 2.67 (0.79–8.98) | 0.11 |
| Intermediate | 57 (13.4%) | 3 (5.3%) | 1 (referent) | 1 (referent) | |||
aOR: adjusted OR; BCG: bacille Calmette–Guérin; TB: tuberculosis.